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Fatal B4209 crash in Malvern Hills on 24 July 1997 at 09:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the B4209 in Malvern Hills at 09:00 on Thursday 24 July 1997. The 79-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was killed and the 49-year-old male driver of the Renault 5 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Jul 1997
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Renault 5
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07992, longitude -2.3077, in the WR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722CL04634
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4209
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4208

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199722CL04634 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 1997.